The National Research Council of Sri Lanka (NRC) The Presidential Awards for 2019 and 2020 was held on the 21st of November 2023 at the Srimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exposition Centre of the BMICH in Colombo 7. Prof. S. Kannathasan and Dr. A. Murugananthan from the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna were honoured with the Presidential Awards.